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Speech Now.Org

Organization Details
Purpose
The Association is an independent speech group of individuals who have assembled in order to promote and protect our First Amendment rights to free speech and the freedom to assemble. We operate independently of any candidate and expressly advocate to other people to vote for federal candidates who support these First Amendment rights and to vote against candidates who oppose such rights.
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Leadership

Last updated 2011

Daniel Shapiro
Member
David Keating
President and Treasurer
Edward H Crane III
Member
Jon Coupal
Vice President and Secretary
Richard Marder
Member
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Financial Overview
All-Time Contributions
$659
All-Time Expenditures
$659
Top Contributors

Aggregation is done by name and will not account for significant variations in reported names.

Aggregate Below Threshold
“Aggregate below threshold” is the sum of all contributions where the contributor donated less than $200 and their name does not need to be disclosed.
$489
Largest Recipients

Aggregation is done by name and will not account for significant variations in reported names.

Aggregate Below Threshold
“Aggregate below threshold is the sum of all expenditures where the recipient received less than $500 and their name does not need to be disclosed.
$659
Insights
This organization uses a small percentage of its total expenditures for political contributions.

Contributions & Expenditures

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IRS disclosures

All electronic form 8872s that Speech Now.Org has filed with the IRS. Organizations may file monthly or quarterly during general-election (even-numbered) years, and monthly or semiannually during nonelection (odd-numbered) years.

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2010

  • $130 in contributions
  • $130 in expenditures
July 1, 2010 to September 8, 2010
Total contributions
$24
Total expenditures
$24
Final report
April 1, 2010 to June 30, 2010
Total contributions
$82
Total expenditures
$82
January 1, 2010 to March 31, 2010
Total contributions
$24
Total expenditures
$24

2009

  • $230 in contributions
  • $230 in expenditures
July 1, 2009 to December 31, 2009
Total contributions
$126
Total expenditures
$126
January 1, 2009 to June 30, 2009
Total contributions
$104
Total expenditures
$104

2008

  • $223 in contributions
  • $223 in expenditures
November 25, 2008 to December 31, 2008
Total contributions
$8
Total expenditures
$8
October 16, 2008 to November 24, 2008
Total contributions
$8
Total expenditures
$8
October 1, 2008 to October 15, 2008
(General election: November 4, 2008)
Total contributions
$28
Total expenditures
$28
July 1, 2008 to September 30, 2008
Total contributions
$80
Total expenditures
$80
April 1, 2008 to June 30, 2008
Total contributions
$24
Total expenditures
$24
January 1, 2008 to March 31, 2008
Total contributions
$75
Total expenditures
$75

2007

  • $76 in contributions
  • $76 in expenditures
October 24, 2007 to December 31, 2007
Total contributions
$76
Total expenditures
$76
Previous reports available
This is the last report submitted for this period (processed January 30, 2008 at 12:02AM). Expand to see 1 other report that overlaps in this date range.
End-of-year report
October 24, 2007 to December 31, 2007
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$0
1st report
This report was processed January 29, 2008 at 11:43PM.

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About This Data


What is a 527?

A 527 is a nonprofit formed under Section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code, which grants tax-exempt status to organizations whose primary purpose is attempting to influence the election of one or more people to public office at the national, state or local level. But contributions to these organizations are not considered tax-deductible, unlike gifts to charities.

What organizations are in the 527 Explorer?

This database covers tax-exempt political organizations organized under Section 527, excluding organizations that are regulated by the Federal Election Commission (like federal PACs are); that expect to receive less than $25,000 in annual contributions; that are nonpolitical nonprofits, like charities; or that are political committees for a state or local candidate or a political party. An organization’s state is taken from the address reported on its most recent form 8871.

What organizations report itemized contributions and expenditures?

Tax-exempt political organizations, other than qualified state or local political organizations, that have filed for tax-exempt status with the IRS under Section 527 must file Form 8872 to disclose any expenditures made or contributions received. A qualified state or local political organization is one whose political activities relate solely to state or local public office and that routinely files publicly available reports with one or more states. For state-by-state information on tax-exempt political organizations and their filings, see the IRS’ listings.

Note: Only electronic filings are included in this data. While many organizations filed electronically before 2020, electronic filing for all organizations was only required beginning in January 2020. Therefore, some contributions and expenditures made prior to 2020 may not be reflected in this data.

Note: We make a best-effort attempt to not display street-level addresses for payments labeled as "salary."

How are the totals calculated?

An organization’s total contributions and expenditures are calculated by summing up the most recent report filed for each reporting period. However, organizations sometimes file reports for overlapping dates or reports that duplicate data. For any date range, the most recently filed report is marked. Duplicate contributions or expenditures (ones that have the exact same name, amount and date but show up in multiple reports) have been removed from the calculated totals.

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